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Fixing the Leaks: Why Too Many Young Atlantic Canadians Are Falling Behind
Our guest on this week’s Insights podcast is Lana Asaff, Senior Economist with the Atlantic Economic Council. Lana stopped by to talk about a new report published by the Council entitled “Fixing the Leaks in Atlantic Canada’s Education-to-Employment Pipeline”. This conversation was a little unusual for the pod as it got quite animated. There wasn’t a lot of good news in this report. Lana reported on the many challenges in the K-12 system, from lowering test scores and rising absenteeism to the unpreparedness of many high school students to enter post-secondary education. Some 40% of…
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